By Staff
Friday, May 26, 2023 2:03 PM
NEW YORK—
Vision Monday will once again be highlighting The Most Influential Women in Optical in our July issue, marking the 21st anniversary of our signature Special Report saluting women in the eyewear/eyecare industry. We are currently seeking nominations via an
electronic survey form but time is running out—the deadline for submitting nominations is May 31 at 11:59 p.m. Women’s influence in optical is undeniable and today, more women than ever before are playing vital roles at all levels of our industry. In retailing, wholesaling, product design, manufacturing, distribution and vision care and managed care, talented women are shaping the direction of the companies and organizations they work for, and, in many cases, lead.
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By Staff
Friday, May 26, 2023 2:00 PM
On Saturday, June 3, hundreds of cyclists will be gearing up and riding together in Langley, B.C. for Fighting Blindness Canada’s 10th Annual Cycle for Sight West Coast fundraising event in support of advancing vision research and bringing hope to the estimated 1.2 million Canadians living with vision loss.
By Staff
Friday, May 26, 2023 2:00 PM
In 1997, Mary Schmich, a Pulitzer-prize winning columnist for the Chicago Tribune, wrote a column that read as a “hypothetical” speech to that year’s graduating class. The idea was to impart wisdom accumulated after decades of life to a younger generation just starting out, to clue them in on things the author wished she had known when she was a fresh-faced 22-year-old. One of her nuggets was, “Don’t worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind. The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.” Unfortunately, our lives in general, and medicine in particular, are full of examples of things that we just took for granted as safe but which turned out to surprise us with some negative effect.
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By Staff
Friday, May 26, 2023 11:59 AM
Last week, forecasters at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shared some
predictions for the 2023 hurricane season. Generally, NOAA expects a "near-normal," season,
The New York Times reports, but there is some uncertainty. Head over to
The Times for more.
By Staff
Friday, May 26, 2023 10:41 AM
Americans continue to be wasteful with their food, according to a new report from
Recycle Track Systems. The report found that Americans waste 60 billion tons of food, which is the equivalent to 120 billion pounds.
More than 40 percent of the entire U.S. food supply winds up unused. To put the numbers into perspective, this equals 325 pounds of food waste per person, per year.
Experts with the RTS said too many Americans are impulsive with food purchases or simply buy more than they are able to consume, unlike their global counterparts. They said that Americans also underutilize leftovers and food scraps, which can often be consumed.
Recently, legislators in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont have passed laws that restrict the amount of food waste going to landfills. Vermont’s “Universal Recycling Law,” banning food scrap waste entirely, triggered an increase in food bank donations by 40 percent.
By Staff
Friday, May 26, 2023 8:20 AM
Did you follow the optical news this week? Take VM’s News Quiz to see how much you know. This week's quiz takes a look at job satisfaction, a music legend's passing and VM’s Most Influential Women.
By Staff
Friday, May 26, 2023 8:10 AM
This mousepad is sure to be a conversation starter. You can purchase it on Etsy
here. #WeShareIt
By Staff
Friday, May 26, 2023 8:02 AM
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to Pfizer's oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid, clearing the way for the drugmaker to sell it at market rates once U.S. government supplies dwindle.
By Staff
Friday, May 26, 2023 7:00 AM
Retailers can utilize AI to help them to avoid seeing their conversions decline and deliver real return on investment.
By Staff
Friday, May 26, 2023 6:09 AM
All patients hospitalized with new or relapsing neurologic events after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination at a New York tertiary hospital had one or more risk factors for their neurologic condition, a prospective study showed.
By Staff
Friday, May 26, 2023 12:30 AM
Prevent Blindness to host Focus on Eye Health Summit; ECPs’ gross revenue increased, Jobson Tracker says; Transitions announces 2022 Transitions Innovation Awards winners; FTC hosts public workshop on ‘Eyeglass Rule’; and CDC reports cases and deaths from contaminated eye drops are growing all topped this week’s
VMAIL news feed. Click on the headlines below to catch up on anything you might have missed.
By Staff
Friday, May 26, 2023 12:27 AM
CHICAGO—
Prevent Blindness, a leading eye health and safety nonprofit organization, will host the 12th annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Summit on July 12-13, 2023, as a virtual interactive event. Expert presentations related to this year’s theme, “Why the Eye?” will engage diverse voices in discussions around vision health as it relates to public health, stimulate conversations around the challenges to equitable access to eyecare, explore new and unique collaborations across stakeholders, and identify opportunities to integrate vision and eye health into public health policies, practices and research advancement.